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PLANET VIP-101T Web Configuration Guide
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Preparation before beginning web administration on VIP-101T
In this section, we ’ll introduce steps of how to setup a PC to communicate with VIP-101T through
TCP/IP protocol configuration.
Before starting web browser to connect to VIP-101T, please check TCP/IP configurations on PC:
the PC must be configured either as a DHCP client and or fixed IP allocation on the intranet or
Internet. After ensuring TCP/IP configuration on the managing workstation, you may connect to
web administration page of VIP-101T either from intranet, or Internet
Following are guidelines of setting up TCP/IP configurations on different OS platform
Checking TCP/IP settings on Windows 95/98
If there is no TCP/IP installed on your Windows 95 or Windows 98, you must add the protocol and
change the settings on your PC.
Step 1 Open the Control Panel, and double-click the Network icon. The Network window ap-
pears
Step 2 If TCP/IP protocol shown in the network window, please continue to the next step. If it
is not shown, please add TCP/IP protocol support as follows:
a. Click Add .
b. Double-click Protocol in the Select Network Component Type window, then
the Select Network Protocol window appears.
c. Choose Microsoft for the manufacturer.
d. Choose TCP/IP for the network protocol.
e. Click OK, and the Network window appears.
Step 3.1 Change the TCP/IP settings to use DHCP as follows (DHCP environment):